Rail joint



Nov. 10, 1925- 1,561,035

J. E. sTEwARD RAIL JOINT Original Fiied March v14. 1923 /4/ s- FZ f5 Q Q g INVENToR 7g/ am@ A TTORNE Y atented Nov., lill), i925@ RAIL JUENT.

Applicationled March la, i923, Serial No, 625,021. Renewed Detener 23, 1924.

To all whom t may concer/L: key slot 12% of the rail 2 and an aligned Be it known that l, JosneH Ennis S'rnwbolt slot 18 through the key 8 ot the rail ARD, a subject of the King oi' Great Britain, i, and passing a bolt 16 through these aperresiding in the city ot Prince George, Brittures. The slot 18 allows 'for the longitudi- G0 5 ish Columbia, Dominion ot' Canada, have nal play oit the rail ends without any strain invented new and useful improvements in in this direction bn the bolt. Thus the -Rail Joints, of which the following is a longitudinal stress is taken care of by the specification, reference being had to the acinterlocking keyed and recessed formation companying drawings. of the rail ends, while the boit acts to check 6 l This invention is a rail joint for connectthe vertical play, it any. rl`his completes ing the abutting ends of two railway rails, the joint, the two parts oit which are comand the object is to provide a joint which pleinentary one to the other and which is will do away with the necessity of ish assembled by vertical relative movement of plates and bolts. the rail ends, and it is evident that they 70,

l Figure 1 is a side elevation ot two abutwill so interlock that no cross bolts are nectlng rails connected in accordance with this essary, the rails being held in place by the invention. usual spikes only.

Figure 2 is a side elevation ot the two rail While l have herein described a certain ends disconnected. specific method oit constructing and assem- 75 Figure 3 is a top View of the two rail bling the elements of my invention, it is ends disconnected. understood the same may be varied in minor Figure l is a bottom View of the two rail details, not departing from the spirit of my ends disconnected. invention as delined in the appended claims.

Figure 5 is an end view of the two rail l claim: 30 ends disconnected. l.. A. rail joint for two abuttingl rails,

ln carrying out the invention the ends comprising thickened webs at the ends ot of the two abutting rails 1 and 2 are thickthe rails, the extremity ot one rail being cned at the webs 3 which connect the balls `fashioned wedge-like with a central key upt and feet 5 ot the rails, as shown at 6. standing thereon, the rail being cut away 85 The extremity oi the rail l is -lashioned to a dat surface below the ball of the rail wedge-like as shown at 7, with a central and back of the said wedge portion and extension or flat key 8 extending up beyond diagonally at the ball of the rail, and a key the general wedge, and back of this wedgeslot being "formed in the said lflat surface;

like portion the rail 1 is cut away to a flat and the extremity ot' the other rail being 90 surface 9 below the ball ot the rail, and an iforn'ie'd to exactly meet the formations at the elongated key slot l0 is formed therein. end of the lirst mentioned rail and so as Back of this slot 10 the ball of the rail is to iit thereto complementarily.

cut away diagonally as shown at 11. The 2. i rail joint for two abutting rails, end of the other rail 2 is fashioned complecomprising thickened webs at the ends oi' 95 mentary to the formations at the end ot the the rails, the extremity ot one rail being rail 1, and includes a lil-shaped recess 12 fashioned wedge-like with a central key upto tit over the wedge portions 7 and 8 ot standing thereon, the rail being cut away to the rail 1, the center of the recess 12 being a dat surface below the ball of the rail and cut deeper as shown to form an elongated back o the said wedge portion and diagonl0() key-slot 13 adapted to engage the key 8 ot ally at the ball oit the rail, and a key slot the rail 1. rlhe ball ot the rail 2 is lett outbeing Yformed in the said `dat surface; the standing and extended beyond the taf-shaped extremity of the other rail being formed to portion to iorm a iiller strip 14: for the cut exactly meet the Aformations at the end of away top portion ot the rail l, and similarly the 'First mentioned rail and so as to tit tliere- 105 the end of the filler strip 14 is cut away to complementarily; and means for locking diagonally at l1 to meet the diagonal endthe rail ends against vertical play. ing 1l of the ball ot the rail 1. lli 'fiat key 3. it. rail joint for two abutting rails, .15 is lett at the under side of the strip la comprising thickened webs at the ends of to engage the key slot 10. The rail ends are the rails, the extremity of one rail being im locked against vertical play by piercing fashioned wedge-like with a central key upbolt holes 17 through the side walls oi the standing thereon, having a bolt slot therethrough; he rail beng out www to a Hat Surface below the ball of the ml and back of the said Wedge portion and dagonaly ai the buil o the mi, and 2a keg." so; being folme in he said fiat sul-me; the eX tremty 0'? the other being" fomad in exactly meet the fo 'mations mi; the end 03'? the first mentioned mi and so as fo ft "che SM@ Walls thcfico in ngument with the said bolt 910: and :L bohJ wsse?! through the sind ahfgueil apertures.

` J OSEPH E. STEVRD" 

